Motivational disposition of translation and interpreting graduates

IF 1.8 1区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
I. Horváth, C. Kálmán
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Abstract

ABSTRACT Motivation is a decisive factor of human behaviour and professional performance. The motivational disposition of translators, interpreters, and students remains a relatively unexplored area. Motivational research carried out in the field of translation and interpreting has mainly focused on volunteer translation and interpreting. The present paper describes an empirical study whose aim was to gain valuable insight into what motivates 50 MA graduates at Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, Budapest, at the time of their graduation. For this purpose, we devised a three-step mixed methods survey which included the development of a questionnaire. Our findings seem to indicate that intrinsic motivation, ideal self, mastery and significant others are the strongest motivators. Correlational and regression analyses showed that intrinsic motivation contributed effectively towards motivated learning behaviour; while interestingly, altruism appeared to contribute negatively to it.
翻译专业毕业生的动机倾向
动机是决定人的行为和职业表现的决定性因素。翻译人员、口译员和学生的动机倾向仍然是一个相对未被探索的领域。在翻译和口译领域开展的动机研究主要集中在志愿者翻译和口译方面。本文描述了一项实证研究,其目的是深入了解布达佩斯Eötvös Loránd科学大学50名硕士毕业生在毕业时的动机。为此,我们设计了一个三步混合方法调查,其中包括编制一份问卷。我们的研究结果似乎表明,内在动机、理想自我、掌握能力和重要他人是最强的激励因素。相关和回归分析表明,内在动机对有动机的学习行为有显著的促进作用;而有趣的是,利他主义似乎对其产生了负面影响。
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